LoCloud Collections, or how to make your local heritage available on-line

LoCloud Collections, or how to make your local heritage available on-line

Marcin WerlaPoznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

LoCloud is funded by the European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme

Our challenge

• All digital library components generate costs

• In smaller institutions there may be no proper hard IT infrastructure to reuse for a digital library

• Apart from costs - lack of expertiseto cope with IT infrastructure

• How to simplify deploymentand reduce the cost of having a digital library without limiting its value for end users?

Content

Software

HardwareFast

Useable

Interesting

LoCloud Collections

• Key features:

– Easy start with LoCloud Collections

– Many collections, many formats

– High availability, scalability, data safety

– Advanced usage statistics

– Multilinguality, SEO

– Compatibility with Europeana

– No financial investments, costs based on real use of resources

LoCloud Collections

Easy start with LoCloud Collecions

More info: http://support.locloud.eu/tiki-index.php?page=Training%20Videos

High availability, scalability, data safety

LoCloud Collections are located in PSNC Data Center,in private cloud environment (yes, cheaper than using Amazon Cloud)

Virtual trip: http://pcss.tv.pionier.net.pl/play?id=5397

Advanced usage statistics

Multiliguality, SEO

• OAI-PMH Interface

• Advanced mappings and data processing with MORE aggregation platform

• Basic mapings with CSV import mechanism

• Built-in EDM output for preconfigured metadataschema

Compatibility with Europeana

Compatibility with Europeana

Storage plan Size limitation Estimated price

Zero 500 MB 0 EUR / month

XS 2 GB 2 EUR / month

S 5 GB 4 EUR / month

M 10 GB 8 EUR / month

L 25 GB 16 EUR / month

XL 50 GB 24 EUR / month

No financial investments, costs based on real use of resources

Free until the end of the project and even a bit longer…Details: https://locloudhosting.net/offer

• Some numbers:

– 265 collections created in 36 countries• top countries: Poland, Greece, Norway, Croatia

– 33 collections currently with (potentially) paid storage plan • top countries: Poland, Ireland, France, Norway

• PSNC plans to provide and develop the service further

– Based on feedback from users (thank you!)

– In collaboration with Europeana, possibly under Europeana DSI2 project

– In collaboration with interested LoCloud project partners –scope of collaboration is to be discussed based on individualneeds – just let me know• Translations, local promotion, local support, national domains, …

Sustainability?

LoCloud Collectionson ICT2015

Thank you and

let’s keep in touch!

http://locloudhosting.net

[email protected]@man.poznan.pl